[NAEP] Olympic resources

[Dawn Wiseman]

By my count there's just over a month to the gold medal hockey games. If 
you want to get your kids involved before then, here are some sites 
offering lesson plans based on the upcoming Olympic games in Torino, Italy.

Dawn
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Canadian Olympic School Program*
The Canadian Olympic School Program aligns lesson plans with information 
about the Olympic Games and the achievements of Canadian athletes. By 
calculating hockey goaltender Kim St-Pierre’s goals-against-average, 
students will learn to handle and manipulate decimals through a 
real-world application. And by reading about freestyle skiing aerialist 
Jeff Bean's flights down the mountainside, students will identify a 
theme in a piece of reading.

The lessons are geared to Grades Four to Six, and cover elements of 
reading, math and physical education that are common to provincial 
requirements across the country.
http://www.olympicschool.ca/index.php?use_lang=EN

*Vancouver 2010: Olympic Math Trail*
Help 2 Japanese tourists at the 2010 winter Olympics enjoy theri visit 
to Canada and stay on budget.
http://www.brocku.ca/cmt/upload/1070004370.8764/index.html

*From the US Olympic Committee
*http://www.usolympicteam.com/12683.htm